scirefacias

sci·re fa·ci·as (sī'rē fāʹshē-əs, skēʹrĕ fäʹkē-äs') n.

1. A writ requiring the party against which it is issued to appear and show cause why a judicial record should not be enforced, repealed, or annulled.

2. A judicial proceeding under this writ.

  [Middle English, from Latin scīre faciās, you should cause (him) to know (a phrase that occurs in the writ) : scīre, to know + faciās, second person sing. present subjunctive of facere, to do, make.]

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